n points in florida. and he has opened up a 12-point lead in pennsylvania. >> mark halperin, look at those numbers. what's it mean? >> well, this poll is better for the president in most of these states than some other public polls, but they're notot ofe ouonsider public polling a a lot of private polling. and there's no electoral college path for mitt romney if these numbers are anything close to accurate. the president's above 50%. >> the romney campaign does not contest privately that they're behind in florida. tho nocontt tre ndsi s iio so all of these people running around saying oh, the polls are skewed and they're liberal, that comes as news to the romney people themselves whose internal polls sh the same thing. >> it will take a lot for mitt romn to win, to saying the ra is er a lng those numbers is not advisable, but it will take a lot for him to win. he needs a national turnaround. he's supposed to be a great turnaround artist. that's his reputation and his record. he needs a turnaround, not say